Sunayana Beholds Ram in Bridegroom's Attire
Bala Kanda, Doha 318
Doha 318 · Movement 3 of 3
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Sita's mother sees Ram fully adorned as bridegroom. The youthful prince once feared before Shiva's bow now approaches as the victorious beloved chosen by her daughter.
Joy enters Sunayana beyond every measure available to speech. A hundred thousand Saraswatis and Sheshas speaking through a hundred ages could not complete its description.
The inadequacy is not merely numerical. Maternal relief, reverence, beauty, fulfilment of Gauri's blessing, and the intimacy of welcoming Ram into the family meet in one heart. Language can list these strands but cannot recreate the living fullness in which they become a single joy.
In Sunayana's heart, the dark bridegroom becomes a joy no multitude of divine tongues can carry.
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जो सुख भा सिय मातु मन देखि राम बर बेषु। सो न सकहिं कहि कलप सत सहस सारदा सेषु।।318।।
The joy that filled Mother Sita's heart upon seeing Rama in His bridegroom's splendid attire: even a hundred thousand Saraswatis and Sheshas could not describe it in a hundred ages.